Vulnerability: Recursive Entity Expansion in c3p0 XML Configuration Loading

Vulnerability: Recursive Entity Expansion in c3p0 XML Configuration Loading

CVE-2019-5427 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

c3p0 version < 0.9.5.4 may be exploited by a billion laughs attack when loading XML configuration due to missing protections against recursive entity expansion when loading configuration.

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